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Canadian surgeons urge people to throw out bristle BBQ brushes

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Re: Canadian surgeons urge people to throw out bristle BBQ brushes

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A trick I learned from Argentinian circus people, who make amazing BBQ, is let the grill heat up and then cut an onion in half to rub on the grate. It imparts a nice flavor and cleans the grill very well.

We use bacon to grease the grate before using a steel brush. Maybe the chemicals in the onion do help, but substituting a steel brush for an onion seems rather curious.

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post #179

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I doubt the inks used by newspapers are food safe. Besides, who still gets the newspaper?

a free one gets delivered 3 times a week - pretty annoying actually!

It's actually pretty hard to stop the delivery of those free ad newspapers that they throw in your driveway (like the penny saver)... it took me about a year to completely stop them (they kept restarting delivery after a few weeks)

Re: Canadian surgeons urge people to throw out bristle BBQ brushes

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Related: If you tenderize with a Jaccard-like tool, examine the teeth very closely before you cook your meat. I have had the blades break in half longitudinally where it still looked like a full blade, but had actually "delaminated" toward the end and left a 15mm chunk of pointed metal in my steak. It ended up in my gums. I still use the broken blade set, but simply make sure it has all the parts before moving on. No…

" I love this tenderizer and highly recommend them, just look out for busted blades! " Waaa??? If the blade can delaminate in that way, I would in no way recommend them.

I see and appreciate your point, and yeah, you might get a little dead, but they can turn a Walmart roast into a tender and delicious cut of meat with the right cooking strategy.

Like anything, it's a trade-off, and a good test of your evolutionary worthiness as a human. Pay attention to what you're doing or die.

Re: Canadian surgeons urge people to throw out bristle BBQ brushes

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post #239

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Confirmed not banned in the UK, here's some for sale right now on Amazon's UK site: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bargain-Neodymium-Strong-Magnets-Mo... I have ordered rare earth magnets several times and it's always interesting to inspect the packaging when they show up. Clearly there are a lot of metal parts in Royal Mail's sorting machines as they frequently arrive in an absolutely tattered padded envelope, usually wit…

If you can find some N52 grade magnets it's worth ordering them just for the novelty value This 1013 lb pull N52 magnet could also be entertaining. Maybe also useful for checking grilled meat for metallic objects. https://www.kjmagnetics.com/proddetail.asp?prod=BZX0Z0Y0-N52...

I'm guessing one that large would simply pull any metallic objects straight out of the meat, even if it were on the other side. Seriously, they sell smaller ones than that coated in epoxy for pulling up boat anchors when the anchor chain has broken. The ones I have are tiny, watch battery size and I can barely pull them apart. It simply isn't possible to hook your fingernail under one and lift it from a metal surface. You have to slide it to a corner and grab it. Hard to describe, but when you first handle them it's like "how the hell is this possible?".

Re: Canadian surgeons urge people to throw out bristle BBQ brushes

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what do you do about rust? The chrome coating on my grill comes off and the iron underneath rusts. The wire bristle was the only thing working.

Yup, what everyone else said: rust is fine. At least it's preferable to chunks of chrome coating :) Argentine grills are not coated. If you want to keep them from rusting, you just grease them a bit with the remains of the meat (you usually don't even need to do that) and clean them up next time around. If you are really concerned about the rust, you can always coat the grill with vegetable oil (just take a paper nap…

I use a coarse sea salt that is a little larger than kosher salt. It works out better with fish and meat.

Re: Canadian surgeons urge people to throw out bristle BBQ brushes

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post #129

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what do you do about rust? The chrome coating on my grill comes off and the iron underneath rusts. The wire bristle was the only thing working.

you "treat" the metal much like you would a cast iron skillet. After using, clean the grill, rub a thin coat of oil (I use canola different oils provide different seal quantity) then heat to smoking point. Wipe down and repeat a few times. This will coat the metal. Most importantly DON'T use detergents it'll ruin the seal

It is always an after thought, you finish cooking and the grill is super hot from the charcoal. Its late at night, you want to eat and relax. By the time the grill cools, you are sound asleep.

Re: Canadian surgeons urge people to throw out bristle BBQ brushes

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Confirmed not banned in the UK, here's some for sale right now on Amazon's UK site: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bargain-Neodymium-Strong-Magnets-Mo... I have ordered rare earth magnets several times and it's always interesting to inspect the packaging when they show up. Clearly there are a lot of metal parts in Royal Mail's sorting machines as they frequently arrive in an absolutely tattered padded envelope, usually wit…

If you can find some N52 grade magnets it's worth ordering them just for the novelty value This 1013 lb pull N52 magnet could also be entertaining. Maybe also useful for checking grilled meat for metallic objects. https://www.kjmagnetics.com/proddetail.asp?prod=BZX0Z0Y0-N52...

Can confirm entertainment levels. Used similar magnets for a research project. They would start to shuffle and move ~30cm from any large magnetic metal piece. The fear was real when handling them.

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post #94

Slight related topic: Anyone else BBQ a lot, reach to open a beer bottle, but are missing an opener? Why don't they make every BBQ utensil have a decent bottle opener at the end. Better yet, every utensil in your house? Please take this idea and run with, just tell me where to buy a set.

You can use the flat edge of anything with a little leverage to pry a bottle cap off using your fingers as a fulcrum beneath the cap. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rm0ZkABVqjQ

Real men use their teeth though.

(I never opened a bottle that way; but I did see someone break a tooth once. A molar, clean in half. Not sure if I'd rather have a wire stuck in my gut or break a molar in half.)

Re: Canadian surgeons urge people to throw out bristle BBQ brushes

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Our kids in a standard German school has one whole week devoted to learning circus tricks and acts. At the end of the week, they put on a show for the parents and the local community. Money raised from the ticket sales goes back to the school. The kids loved it, and so did the parents. They did things like walking on glass, eating fire, trapeze and other crazy acts.

Sounds like an insurance nightmare.

Germany seems to have a lot more "common sense" than the US. Have you seen some of their playgrounds?
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